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I love being beaten by women - Lorizael -
So it's official, the guy is no longer nuts..
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That poor mad genius
RIP
All chess games today should commence 1. e4You don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto LuongoComment
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Rest in peace!
He was one of the best chess players of all times, who gave the world so many great games.
Unforgotten his 21 turns draw against Mikhail Tal (the world champion at this time) at the 14th chess olympiad.
R. Fischer - M. Tal, Chess olympiad Leipzig 1960 (French opening): 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bg5 Nxe5! 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Nxf7 Bxf1 17. Nxd8 Rxg5 18. Nxe6 Rxg2+ 19. Kh1! (19. Kxf1? 20. Rxh2) Qe5 20. Rxf1 Qxe6 21. Kxg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2 (perpetual check)
A draw to behold! Not like these stupid draws in modern chess, where neither side does the other any harm.
Also thanks to Island, that gave him shelter when his home country was witch hunting him for playing chess when he was supposed not to.
Sure, some of his political views were nuts, but I will always remember him as a magnificient chess player.Comment
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Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Rest in peace!
He was one of the best chess players of all times, who gave the world so many great games.
Unforgotten his 21 turns draw against Mikhail Tal (the world champion at this time) at the 14th chess olympiad.
R. Fischer - M. Tal, Chess olympiad Leipzig 1960 (French opening): 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bg5 Nxe5! 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Nxf7 Bxf1 17. Nxd8 Rxg5 18. Nxe6 Rxg2+ 19. Kh1! (19. Kxf1? 20. Rxh2) Qe5 20. Rxf1 Qxe6 21. Kxg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2 (perpetual check)
A draw to behold!
Also thanks to Island, that gave him shelter when his home country was witch hunting him for playing chess when he was supposed not to.
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what I don't get is the general fascination with Jews by some people, him being one of them...
why on earth is it even interesting to have an obsession with Jews??? I guess Christianity is to blame for most of it, still... quite incredible, why don't people love to hate the Romans
as for chess... simply brilliant, and cause of death - kidney failure - Did he drink too much or what?Socrates: "Good is That at which all things aim, If one knows what the good is, one will always do what is good." Brian: "Romanes eunt domus"
GW 2013: "and juistin bieber is gay with me and we have 10 kids we live in u.s.a in the white house with obama"Comment
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RIP.Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Ben Franklin
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Check mate, from "shah mat," the king is dead.
Seems appropriate.
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He was mad, but his games were so beatiful... I still remember my playing showing me games of "My 60 Memorable Games" when I was a kid.
I am very sorry that I am not playing with my chess team this Sunday, so I will not be able to honour his games (not exactly him). Well, next Sunday it will be.Trying to rehabilitateh and contribuing again to the civ-communityComment
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Shah mat, indeed.Best MMORPG on the net: www.cyberdunk.com?ref=310845
An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. -GandhiComment
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Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Rest in peace!
*snip*
Also thanks to Island, that gave him shelter when his home country was witch hunting him for playing chess when he was supposed not to.
Sure, some of his political views were nuts, but I will always remember him as a magnificient chess player.Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God? - EpicurusComment
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RIP
You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.Comment
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Well, the Jews finally got him I guess!!!
Seriously though, poor guy had obviously been deranged for a long time. I'm not surprised he hated the US, given the way he was used as a pawn in the Cold War (no pun intended). His anti-semitism was rather strange, given his ancestry, although he was a general racist IIRC.Only feebs vote.Comment
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Boris Spassky tells the wonderful story of meeting Fischer for their famous match in Iceland.
Spassky had been working out and playing lots of tennis, so he was very fit. His plan was to walk confidently up to Fischer and warmly shake hands with one hand while grasping Fischer's bicep with his left hand. This would emphasize the America's limpid muscles. Gain +1 psych point.
Fischer got off the plane, was blinded by the sun, and walked right passed the waiting Spassky. Someone turned him around and got him headed back in the right direction. When Fischer spotted Spassky, he shouted out, "Boris! You look
thin!" --Not "healthy" thin, but "have- you-got-cancer?" thin.
Fischer wasn't psyched out, but Spassky was.
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Not only did he become World Champion:
he re-invented the game.
Rest in peace."post reported"Winston, on the barricades for freedom of speech
"I don't like laws all over the world. Doesn't mean I am going to do anything but post about it."Jon Miller
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